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Dubai houses some of the most adorable buildings of the world. The Time Residences tower in the City of Arabia, a Dh400 million project is another innovative idea which will add up to the list of most amazing creations of engineering. The project..

President Bush's Solar America Initiative (SAI) has proved fruitful. The initiative aims at nationwide acceptance of clean solar energy technologies by 2015, and to fulfill this task the U.S. Govt. provides a 22 percent increase in research and...

Ethanol is a good substitute to deal with the problem of growing oil-driven energy crisis. Its use is currently restricted and is only used as a fuel additive to improve gasoline combustibility. Engineers have been continuously trying to find new...

Shortage and high price of silicon has led the manufactures to think for better solutions for making their products cost-effective. Sun Power, one of the major company that produces solar panels and cells has reduced the amount of silicon to just...

Hybrid cars are booming across the world. And with the increasing awareness on global warming and its effects on our future, the necessity of using alternative energy for these cars like hydrogen has also increased. But for that, easy storing of the..

The longtime champion of green causes, Prince Charles is up with arms to make his traveling 'green'. He is replacing gas-guzzling private planes and helicopters with commercial flights, train journeys and bio-diesel cars. The heir to the throne...

True, ethanol contributes towards curbing environmental pollutions. But, producing it not that eco-friendly as the consumption of energy for it is huge! The Corn Plus ethanol plant in Winnebago, Minnesota, perhaps thinking on making even the...

The green carpeted grasses can do more than feeding the cattle and soothing our eyes. They could also solve 19 percent of global electricity needs! They may be the best source of bio-fuel. Not just that! They also soak up carbon dioxide from the...

Most of us have heard of environment-friendly wedding. But, wedding accessories, on which some do not mind even spending in millions, that is biodegradable! Sounding crazy? But, researchers in Naples, Italy, have created a biodegradable wedding dress...

It is a known fact that yeast catalyses the ethanol production processes. But, to assist in its more efficient production, MIT scientists have altered yeast genetically. With the help of this new genetically modified yeast, ethanol production was...